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Mar 8, 2006 | 08:19 AM

shafrs3

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Something different from torque thrusts...

Besides being 'spensive, what do you guys think of these wheels in the 17" version? I'm doubt the 10.5"er could be stuffed under the rear wheel well.

http://www.vintagewheelsus.com/wheel...s/P9070073.JPG

Sorry moderator... should have been posted under general.

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Mar 8, 2006 | 08:26 AM

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I like them, especially with the spinner.

Mar 8, 2006 | 08:44 AM

shafrs3

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The spinner is really

. Wish they made a 9.5" version. My brain has been working OT to figure a way to fit the 10.5 version in the back without doing anything drastic.

Mar 8, 2006 | 09:15 AM

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Don't be worried about fitting the 10.5" kind. I am running 17x11" wheels all around off of a C4 racecar - all it took was the 3" adaptors from VBP. No rubbing anywhere and ungodly grip. You might want to get some flares though or you might end up lookling ridiculous.

I think the big upside to these is that you can show up to any club and tell everyone that you're "riding on spinners". Those seem to be all the rage these days.

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Mar 8, 2006 | 10:00 AM

shafrs3

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Yeh but the spinners they're talking about aren't the same as these, thank God.

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Mar 8, 2006 | 11:17 AM

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Those are so cool! I think a 10.5" wheel will fit on the back with the correct backspacing.

Mar 8, 2006 | 12:35 PM

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Wow...those are sweet. Too bad they're all 15". If I'm upgrading to fancy wheels, I want something larger than stock.

Mar 8, 2006 | 01:42 PM

shafrs3

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The web page says they've got them in 17" versions, you may have to call about them..

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Look like copies of McClaren Can-Am wheels (pretty cool looking.) The biggest you can get under a C3 is about 9.5" width with reworking the trailing arms at the rear (I have 16X9" race wheels under my 72 and they are right at the fender line.)